limousine

lim·ou·sine

L0176200 (lĭm′ə-zēn′, lĭm′ə-zēn′)n.1. Any of various large passenger vehicles, especially a luxurious automobile usually driven by a chauffeur and sometimes having a partition separating the passenger compartment from the driver's seat.2. A van or small bus used to carry passengers on a regular route, as between an airport and a downtown area.

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[French, long shepherd's mantle, limousine (originally an automobile in which only the rear passengers were fully enclosed under a roof), from feminine of limousin, of Limousin (the automobile perhaps being so called because the roof projected over the driver like the hood of a mantle, or because it was developed by Charles Jeantaud (1843-1906), native of Limousin ).]

limousine

(ˈlɪməˌziːn; ˌlɪməˈziːn) n1. (Automotive Engineering) any large and luxurious car, esp one that has a glass division between the driver and passengers2. (Automotive Engineering) a former type of car in which the roof covering the rear seats projected over the driver's compartment[C20: from French, literally: cloak (originally one worn by shepherds in Limousin), hence later applied to the car]

lim•ou•sine

(ˈlɪm əˌzin, ˌlɪm əˈzin)

n. 1. any large, luxurious automobile, esp. one driven by a chauffeur. 2. a large sedan or small bus for transporting passengers to and from an airport, train station, etc. [1900–05; < French: kind of motorcar, earlier, kind of long cloak, so called because worn by the shepherds of Limousin]

Thesaurus

Noun

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limousine - large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeurlimoberlin - a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seatsauto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"

Translations

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limousine

(ˈliməziːn) noun a kind of large motor car especially one with a screen separating the front seat from the back. 加長禮車 大型高级轿车，豪华轿车

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